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Sep 8, 20161 min read
A Mirror Image Made Painterly
Danube Palette by Jann Alexander ©2016 While I was cycling in Austria on a mostly overcast day, the sun laid down just enough light to...
Jann Alexander
Jul 22, 20161 min read
While We’re On The Subject Of Details…
Life is lived in the details, so your camera must always be ready to be your eyes. But it helps to be ready at the right time. Here’s...
Jann Alexander
Oct 3, 20151 min read
Boundaries That Are Designed To Overcome
Scenic, South Dakota, 1980 by Jann Alexander © 2015 The boundaries were clear, to those who read the sign in Scenic, South Dakota in...
Jann Alexander
Dec 12, 20141 min read
A Town That Knows How to Get Lit
Looking to light up the town? Look no further than New Orleans, one town that really knows how to light it up. In fact, plenty of folks...
Jann Alexander
Dec 10, 20141 min read
A Shoe Shine in New Orleans, Two Bits?
The Shining by Jann Alexander ©2014 A shave and a haircut in New Orleans isn’t two bits any longer, and neither is a shoe shine. But...
Jann Alexander
Nov 5, 20141 min read
What’s Not to Like About Texas?
Texas Is So 21st Century Eat the Natural Meat by Jann Alexander © 2014 Texas Has Alternatives to Wally’s World Venison World, Not...
Jann Alexander
Oct 14, 20141 min read
A Dreamy Dawn on The Sea of Cortez
Dreamy Dawn by Jann Alexander ©2013 Dawn broke over the Sea of Cortez with a glimmer of sunlight, then cast its shimmer over the waters...
Jann Alexander
Jun 27, 20141 min read
A Contrast Between Life and Death
Snowed Under in Seco by Jann Alexander ©2013 Photography excels at capturing contrasts—between dark and light, shadow and bright, death...
Jann Alexander
May 22, 20141 min read
Why I Can’t Resist a Window
Blue Window by Jann Alexander © 2014 I can’t resist a window . When I travel, I collect images of windows, and their siblings, doors,...
Jann Alexander
Apr 25, 20141 min read
Letters from the Past, in Upstate New York
Letters from Genesee by Jann Alexander © 2012 By Jann Alexander Letters from Genesee’s Past: It’s not often you score three times in...
Jann Alexander
Oct 11, 20131 min read
It Was Beautiful That Afternoon
It Was Beautiful That Afternoon , oil on canvas by Jann Alexander © 2013 A summer cycling trip through Idaho, approaching the Grand...
Jann Alexander
Jul 29, 20134 min read
How To Assess Where You’re At
Where are you heading? by Jann Alexander © 2013 “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there.” —Yogi Berra Being...
Jann Alexander
Jul 10, 20132 min read
Time Traveling on the Road
Road trips have an appeal that goes way back in time, and roadside oddities abound for time travelers willing to take a fork in the road.
Jann Alexander
Jun 26, 20131 min read
I’d Ride the Zephyr
Ride the Zephyr by Jann Alexander © 2013 . . . if only I could I encountered a train switching yard on a bike tour of South Dakota’s...
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